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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1968
Page
1
Paul Ryan, chairman of the Washington County Democratic Central Committee, has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, June 25 at p.m. at the county fairgrounds. All interested Democrats in the county are invited to attend.
Washington UPI reports Iowa senators Rourke Hickenlooper and Jack Miller joined 31 Republicans in approving a 10 percent income tax increase to end a lengthy dispute. The bill pairs the tax rise with a $6 billion federal spending cut, retroactive to April 1, boosting 1968 tax rates to about 7.5 percent for most Americans.
The National Mediation Board met with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Chicago to avert a possible nationwide walkout. BRT president Charles Luna said 99.7 percent of local committees authorized a strike to press for a 12 percent wage increase, two holidays, better vacations, and a one-year contract. The union, with 140,000 members, could strike after 12:01 a.m. EDT Thursday, with no deadline set.
North Korea radio broadcast that a spy ship and its crew were sunk by American imperialists. U.S. officials in Washington disputed the report, saying no such ref report exists. The event follows Panmunjom contacts and the Pueblo seizure saga, with no survivors indicated.
Washington UPI report on Poor People's Campaign sit‑ins at the Agriculture Department as leaders weigh defying the Sunday deadline to evacuate Resurrection City. Demonstrators vow to stay. arrests rise while senators attack the encampment and Abernathy pledges nonviolent resolve amid tension and threats of eviction.
Hubert H. Humphrey claimed Indiana's 63 delegates at the state Democratic convention, sweeping support as McCarthy backers protested outside. He argued talking with China and continuing Paris talks could end Vietnam, while other leaders like Rockefeller and Nixon campaigned for delegates and Wallace denounced Mississippians voting Democrat or Republican.
President Johnson plans to sign the income tax bill next week after Congress approved a package raising personal taxes 10 percent retroactive to April 1 and extending to July 1, 1969. The measure raises $15.6 billion, with 82 million Americans affected and 16 million exempt, and includes a $6 billion spending cut.
A Des Moines physician's family of six was killed in a ccar truck collision at Illinois 73 and U.S. 20 near Freeport. Dr John LaMar 39 and his wife Patricia 33 died with four children aged 10, 7, 5 and 3. One-year-old remained with a grandmother. Truck driver Raymond Hall 39 of Kentucky was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. The accident occurred near Lake Le-Aqua-Na, where the family had visited.
Appointment of administrator for the estate of Lloyd B. Donaldson. Mid-Prairie school budget estimate released. Minutes of the city council meeting summarized for notice readers.
A two year Iowa study urges smaller districts to merge to sustain services as population shifts threaten rural areas. Officials note urban centers grow while rural areas lose people, and high schools should aim for 1500 enrollment to maximize staffing and course offerings. New patterns of community and school organization were discussed at a final conference.
Intercepted memo from McCarthy supporters in Indiana compares current political pressure to being struck by a Wabash cannonball. The note, signed WEJ, signals campaign tensions and partisan sentiment in the state.
Iowa forecast calls for mostly fair conditions tonight with continued warmth and light winds. Sunday will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers. tonight low temperatures range from near 60 in the north to the upper 60s in the south. Monday outlook shows little change in conditions.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk leaves for a NATO ministerial in Iceland carrying a general appeal for balanced reductions of forces in central Europe. He may also decide with Willy Brandt on a quick Bonn trip over East German travel restrictions to West Berlin. The talks will cover Soviet naval activity in the Mediterranean, mutual force reductions, and the Warsaw Pact threat as 40 Soviet ships loom in the eastern Med.
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